288 NATURAL HISTORY OP 



Pustulipora proboscidea {O. J., J). L., Gray, Bush, 

 McA, M.-Edw). 



Entalopora proboscidea (D'Orh.). 



Hab. : Zetland seas (Forbes), Loch Fyne, The Minch 

 (A.M.N.). 



This is an erect species growing to a height of ^ in. 

 It is " ivory-white in colour, and very elegant/' It is 

 slightly branched. The cells are alternate, and ar- 

 ranged back to back in four series, giving the zoophyte 

 a quadrangular appearance. They are plain, without 

 spines or ornament ; the orifice is circular, borne upon 

 a neck-like extension of the cell, and has a curved 

 mucro in front. It is a deep-water species (80 — 90 

 fathoms). 



2. P. Skenei, Ellis and Solander. 



Millepora Skenei {E. and S., Turt., Stew.), Cellepora 

 palmata (Flem.), C. Skenei {G.J., R. Q. G., D.L.,JBush, 

 McA., Alder), Eschara Skenei, var. tridens [Bush, 

 8ars.), Lepralia bicornis (Bush), Discopora Skenei 

 {Smitt), E. palmata {De Bl). 



Hab. : Aberdeen [Skene], Zetland [Flem.), Wick 

 [C. W.P.), St. Andrews (ifc J.), Northumberland (Alder), 

 Oban, Torbay (T. H.), Cornwall {G. W. P.). 



This species grows to a height of ^ an inch to an 

 inch, and is of a yellow or red colour. It is a deep- 

 water species, and rather rare. 



It is dichotomously branched, and the branches are 

 short, palmate, and truncated. The cells are arranged 

 somewhat spirally. The orifice is much elevated, and 

 has a long prominent mucro on the lower lip. *• The 

 shape and arrangement of the cells give them a re- 

 semblance to a fir-cone in which the scales are loosely 

 arranged.' ' — Co iich. 



